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Downloading Halo 3 Beta from Crackdown works! [Updated] photo

Look I drink...

And evidentually so does the person that thought it was a great idea idea to patch Halo at around 6 A.M. It is now officially working as of a few minutes ago so go check it out if you don't already have the game. Word on the street is that the Beta will in fact be extended 4 more days to make up for all the lost love. Thanks to everyone at Bungie and MS for making the changes and getting the game rolling.

P.S. Tonight many of the Dtoid crew will be on hand to play. Stop by our Ventrilo chat to find out the when's and where's.

[Update] We will be broadcasting our games live on Stickam later tonight. Be sure to check it out.

[Thanks Bakermaker for the pic]








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Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:41
Jordan Devore
Still not workin for me.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:47
Joe Burling
It's working for me... 73%... slooooowwwwwww....

One friend I know says it is working. Another friend says it is still greyed out with the same message its had all along.

FYI: You have to keep that download blade up on the screen. You can't go play a game, read a message, or answer a chat. If you do, the download stops.
Racoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:51
Racoon
If it still doesn't work try going to your memory under the system tab, select your hard drive, hit Y, type hit in X X LB RB X X, something should pop up asking you to confirm. This just clears your cache from what I can understand. Boot up Crackdown and everything should now be working.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:52
Jordan Devore
yeah, i had to clear my cache
digiwalsh's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:53
digiwalsh
I can now feel love again.
PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:53
PetiePal
Still wasn't working with no new update posted....clearing cache and trying again
DoctorEuphony's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:54
DoctorEuphony
OH NOES TEH DEMO OF TEH NOT FINALISED GAME IS TEH FAIL!!111 MS AND BUNGEE SUX!111
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:56
Jordan Devore
This is gonna take me all night to download.
PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:57
PetiePal
Clearing your cache screws up all downloaded content doesn't it....
JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 21:57
JJ Rage
Did I win teh Halos?
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:01
Joe Burling
This is gonna take me all night to download.

Agreed. 79%...
Racoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:02
Racoon
Heh you guys are lucky, I'm still at a measly 20%. :(
johnny1up's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:05
johnny1up
How long is it taking anyone to download? I get off work at 1am EST, so I'm curious how long I'll be just surfing the net while it downloads. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
Bob Arctor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:06
Bob Arctor
@Racoon thanks man,
This whole day has been shot, The countdown on bungie.net ended approx 11:20am Central time and it didnt start then, then the delay, then at approx 3:55pm they said it will be fixed within 3-6 hours and 5 hours and 45 mins later it said that it was fixed yet i still couldnt get it to download but it is working now thanks to Racoon I am @ 1% as of this writing
johnny1up's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:09
johnny1up
By the way, if you're bored waiting for Halo 3 to finish, check out my documentary. I could use more views, and it actually does have something to do with Halo...it covers some Halo 2 stuff. Check it out:
http://www.destructoid.com/video-game-culture-doc-pwned-worth-watching-30240.phtml
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:09
Jim Sterling
All in all, a successful beta run then.
SpiderChrist's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:13
SpiderChrist
Jim, i fear this is only the beginning
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:14
Jordan Devore
Maybe by this weekend I'll be able to play, cause right now I'm getting an error message.
Ignus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:15
Ignus
Downloading pretty quick for me. Although my friend, who has a different internet provider is getting some mad slow downloads.

The extra 4 days is pretty sweet. I wasn't expecting an extension at all, or a one day at best.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:16
Joe Burling
It took me 14 minutes to go up 6%. So.... a little less than 4 hours at that rate if you start now... give or take...
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:18
Demios
Will the background downloading work for this too (even if its going through my copy of crackdown?)

I aint staying up all night for this fucker!

Bungie should have seen this shit coming, dropped the ball bigtime. (that being said, the 4-day Beta extension is nice!)
Bob Arctor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:20
Bob Arctor
18 minutes later @ 14% not bad I think
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:21
Joe Burling
lol @ Jim Sterling
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:21
Demios
Will the background downloading work for this too (even if its going through my copy of crackdown?)

I aint staying up all night for this fucker!

Bungie should have seen this shit coming, dropped the ball bigtime. (that being said, the 4-day Beta extension is nice!)
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:23
Demios
Fucking double post...Apologises! 'Tard Alert!
moclippa's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:23
moclippa
yay its working! Cheers for the heads up Ron...

Looks like its going to be another 45 min to an hour before its done though, so guess I'll hit the sack for the night, and look forward to a whole morning/afternoon worth of Teabagging unsuspecting foes.
EvilElvis's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:28
EvilElvis
I've been at 1% for over half an hour... it blows.
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:31
Demios
Currently @30% started it bout 15-20minutes...Thank God theres not too many Irish Halo players!
xtofuconsumerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:33
xtofuconsumerx
wtf seriously clearing my cache by some hidden sequence of buttons. Seriously they fucked this up big time.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:34
Joe Burling
It took my friend about 20 minutes to download. He started it after I told him about raccoon's fix. He's already playing.

93%
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:37
ArrestedDeveloper
I cleared my cache and it downloaded no problem, already spartan lasered someone from across the map.
PiKo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:47
PiKo
Worked for me finally. I never played Halo before but it was fun as hell especially when I owned everyone and came in 1st. loller. Definitly going to buy this one.
Aex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:49
Aex
Just finished my download, time for some Halo 3 fun... At least I hope its fun.
cbebop007's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:51
cbebop007
Holy shit that is the best picture ever.
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:59
Demios
My initial reaction to this are pretty good (considering its a Beta also). Not a huge fan of the series but like PiKo said, mite pick this one up in September.

Nice Full Metal watch dude!
Sienar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 23:09
Sienar
Thank god I got in the rule of three, lol
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 23:14
ian_esq
I didnt even care, I just went out with some friends all day and I come back now, and it's fixed, I didnt lose out on anything,

I think Im losing 4 more days now that they added the extension, haha
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 23:14
ian_esq
and cool, stickam sessions
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 23:51
Farktoid
I just got off from playing a few rounds. It's... Halo 2.5. The graphics are nothing special (GoW looks much better), and the play style is identical to the first two Halos. So if that's your thing, it's good. I guess I was just expecting it to be more... Next-Gen.

So sad for those who bought Crackdown just for this. Waste of money. Lucky Crackdown was hella fun.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 00:09
Namelessted
i want to play. somebody send me a 360.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 00:54
Sharpless
I echo namelessted's sentiment.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 00:58
BahamutZero
AAAAAQAAAARGGGHHH MOTHERFUCKERS YOU CAN'T PLAY INVERTED Y AXIS I AM GOING TO GET STABBY

I am running around like a blind, reatarded, learning disabled baby deer
Zanch's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 01:11
Zanch
@ Bahamut

Haha, inverted Y-axis FTW!

Seriously though, this game's fun as shit. Needler's a little too powerful now, but still fun as shit.
bobafettm's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 01:43
bobafettm
annndddd.... The servers are back down... its 2:43 am eastern... went down about 15 mins ago.

<--- pissed.
vampireblood's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 01:44
vampireblood
Learn to be more patient, Bungie didn't have to do a Beta test for everyone (Most of us Crackdown folk) they could have just left it at a Closed Beta for specialised beta testers.

vampireblood's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 01:44
vampireblood
Learn to be more patient, Bungie didn't have to do a Beta test for everyone (Most of us Crackdown folk) they could have just left it at a Closed Beta for specialized beta testers.

atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 03:13
atheistium
Add me to your friends list you halo3 bitches. Tag same as my user name atheistium ;-D
I suck at halo 3, but its fun!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 03:48
Aaron Mxy Yost
So were you guys really excited about this game or something?
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 08:33
BluDesign
....

My 360 has died. Thank you Crackdown, for melting my GPU.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 09:17
TheStripe
@Bahamut: "AAAAAQAAAARGGGHHH MOTHERFUCKERS YOU CAN'T PLAY INVERTED Y AXIS I AM GOING TO GET STABBY"

Pause during the match and press right on the control stick. It should move to the settings tab and allow you to change look inversion, auto-center and lookspeed.

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